Paper Tower
Grade 11 students compete in the Paper Tower Challenge Project during the first week of the semester. Teams research, plan and construct towers using ten sheets of copy paper and one metre of tape and compete to see which tower can support the greatest mass. The current class record is 11.0 kg!
Spaghetti Bridge
The Spaghetti Bridge Challenge Project engages Grade 11 and 12 students in a quest to design and build the strongest and lightest bridge with spaghetti and white glue. Teams test bridges to failure to determine the strongest bridge in the class!
The NEW class record is 31.0 kg!
Mousetrap Vehicle
The purpose of the Mouse Trap Vehicle Challenge Project is to provide 30S Physics students with hands-on application of the principles and applications of kinematics. Grade 11 students work in teams or two or three to design and construct a vehicle, powered only by a Victor brand mousetrap, that will travel a distance of 10.0 metres. The NEW class record is 22.20 m!
Bottle Rockets
Intended to allow students the opportunity to grapple with "g", acceleration due to gravity, the Bottle Rocket Challenge pits teams of 30S Physics students against each other and against gravity to see whose rocket can climb the highest!
Bottle Rockets
Intended to allow students the opportunity to grapple with "g", acceleration due to gravity, the Bottle Rocket Challenge pits teams of 30S Physics students against each other and against gravity to see whose rocket can climb the highest!
